comment-multi-line docstring

From:

Luc Teirlinck

Subject:

comment-multi-line docstring

Date:

Sat, 25 Sep 2004 13:28:23 -0500 (CDT)

>From C-h f comment-multi-line:
*Non-nil means M-x comment-indent-new-line continues comments, with no
new terminator or starter.
This is obsolete because you might as well use C-j.
You can customize this variable.
Is that "This is obsolete" really accurate? The direct effect on an
interactively used `M-x comment-indent-new-line' might be obsolete,
but is this not used by auto-fill-mode? If so, should the docstring
not mention this?
Assuming this _really_ is obsolete, then why clutter a Custom buffer
with it?
Sincerely,
Luc.